Not all books cost money.

I *urge* you to look through the
index and download as many of these books as you wish.

Of course, this will make it easier for you to read them, but it will
also help ensure that they are remain free as in "freedom",
not just as in "zero cost."
Even though there isn't much chance that these works will ever be taken
away, that's not a foregone conclusion. Books by authors as famous as
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) are routinely "banned".
Once you download them, you can view them on your computer, laptop, palmtop
or even print them (although that can be a hassle.)

And, some of the authors at Baen
distribute an ever changing free selection of (mostly Sci-Fi) books
at http://www.baen.com/library/.
This catalog changes as authors feel appropriate, so you might want to
grab copies of books you like when they are available and check back from
time to time to see what else appears!

I've been downloading books from all three of these sources into my Palm
Pilot so that I can carry five or six books with me wherever I go.
It sure makes waiting to pick up my kids more enjoyable!!

Today, I'm reading "The Tank Lords" by David
Drake. I also enjoyed his story "An Oblique Approach" which
is set in fifth century Rome.

I've also read "Free
as in Freedom" which is a biograpy of Richard Stallman. He is
a leading advocate of Free
Software which is a VERY important movement and laid the groundwork
for other projects like GNU/Linux and hundreds of others that you've probably
NEVER heard of but use everyday. (hint: Most of the internet is powered
by free software, influenced or even written by Mr. Stallman!)